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How valuable are parents' opinions for identifying children with psychiatric problems?

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boxed-textFord T et al. (2006) Parental concerns about their child's emotions and behaviour and referral to specialist services: general population survey. BMJ 331: 1435–1436

Asking parents a few simple questions might improve identification of children with abnormal behavior and affect; neurologists should look for neurological and cognitive as well as psychiatric causes for these difficulties

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Eide, F., Eide, B. How valuable are parents' opinions for identifying children with psychiatric problems?. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 418–419 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0243

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